The Lab Project Instructions provide a thorough explanation of the lab topic, as well as detailed directions on how to complete the lab exercise. The Lab Report Template is what the students use to develop the lab report of this project that will be turned in.

You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level intro microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review & Practice Test Questions.

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MICROSCOPY LABORATORY IMAGES

The images here directly relate to the lab exercise and are designed to help students review and study that lab material while outside of lab.

Microscopy Laboratory Materials

This is the main page for the Introduction to Microscopy Laboratory Topic of a 4-credit introductory college microbiology class.

SPO VIDEO: Tutorial on Compound Light Microscope Parts & Operation

In this lab, you will be obtaining photomicrographs of two types of white blood cells (WBCs):

neutrophils (lobed nucleus)

& lymphocytes (nucleus occupies most of cell interior).

NOTE: Students must review all material in categories highlighted with

red titles PRIOR TO ATTENDING LAB in order to be prepared to participate. ​​

Printing:The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.